Component supply device

Abstract

A component supply device including: a stage configured such that components can be scattered on the stage; a slide device configured to slide the stage; a contacting section configured to contact the component scattered on the stage in accordance with sliding of the stage by the slide device; and a control device configured to control operation of the slide device, wherein the control device includes a determining section configured to determine whether the stage has been slid to a set position when the stage is slid towards the contacting section, and an operation control section configured to control operation of the slide device so as to, in a case in which it is determined by the determining section that the stage has not been slid to the set position, after sliding the stage in a direction away from the contacting section, once again slide the stage towards the contacting section.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A component supply device comprising:
 a stage configured such that components can be scattered on the stage when the stage is an exposed state; 
 a slide device connected to the stage and configured to slide the stage between the exposed state and a storage state; 
 a contacting section configured to contact the components scattered on the stage in accordance with sliding of the stage by the slide device towards the storage state; and 
 a control device configured to control operation of the slide device, the control device includes
 a determining section configured to determine whether the stage has been slid to a set position when the stage is slid towards the contacting section, and 
 an operation control section configured to control operation of the slide device so as to, in a case in which the determining section determines that the stage has not been slid to the set position, after sliding the stage in a direction away from the contacting section, once again slide the stage towards the contacting section. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The component supply device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a collection container provided at an end of the stage in a direction away from the contacting section with the stage slid towards the storage state and configured to collect the components that have been contacted by the contacting section when the stage has been slid towards the contacting section via an opening in the collection container. 
 
     
     
       3. The component supply device according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a container orientation changing device configured to scatter the components that have been collected in the collection container onto the stage by changing the orientation of the collection container such that the opening of the collection container faces the stage, wherein 
 the control device is configured to control operation of the container orientation changing device s well as of the slide device, and 
 the operation control section is configured to control operation of the slide device and the container orientation changing device so as to, while sliding the stage gradually in a direction away from the contacting section, and after changing the orientation of the collection container such that the opening of the collection container faces the stage, once again slide the stage towards the contacting section. 
 
     
     
       4. The component supply device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a memory section configured to memorize a control history of the operation control section.